John
@rakkasanjohn.bsky.social
🔯 Soldier, educator, civil servant. 30 years Army service. Gulf War / Afghanistan veteran. Son, son-in-law, and father of combat veterans. Defend the Constitution against all enemies. Multilingual 🇩🇪🇷🇺🇮🇱Texas Aggie 👍🏻Happily married. NO DMs - this means YOU.
Do you see what I see?
October 29, 2025 at 4:30 PM
Do you see what I see?
Members of the Texas National Guard arriving in Illinois. And Hegseth has the gall to talk about no more fat generals? Look at these porkers. I mean, this right here is Meal Team 6!
October 7, 2025 at 10:41 PM
Members of the Texas National Guard arriving in Illinois. And Hegseth has the gall to talk about no more fat generals? Look at these porkers. I mean, this right here is Meal Team 6!
This anonymous Marine speaks for many of us.
October 5, 2025 at 2:28 PM
This anonymous Marine speaks for many of us.
She looks very comfy.
October 5, 2025 at 12:40 AM
She looks very comfy.
What an amazing, beautiful story! A real masterpiece by @ninawillner.bsky.social!
August 30, 2025 at 12:34 PM
What an amazing, beautiful story! A real masterpiece by @ninawillner.bsky.social!
Came across this quote while reading “The Boys in the Light”, by @ninawillner.bsky.social. Sounds like the MAGAs we face in Trumpmer’ca.
August 24, 2025 at 3:28 PM
Came across this quote while reading “The Boys in the Light”, by @ninawillner.bsky.social. Sounds like the MAGAs we face in Trumpmer’ca.
Received my copy today! @ninawillner.bsky.social is an amazing author, activist, and public servant. I loved her first book “Forty Autumns”!
July 24, 2025 at 10:55 PM
Received my copy today! @ninawillner.bsky.social is an amazing author, activist, and public servant. I loved her first book “Forty Autumns”!
I read this passage just moments ago in “Jewish Wisdom”, by Rabbi Joseph Telushkin. It certainly seems to apply to those who blindly support the horrible things our government is doing in the name of “making America great again”.
July 19, 2025 at 10:43 AM
I read this passage just moments ago in “Jewish Wisdom”, by Rabbi Joseph Telushkin. It certainly seems to apply to those who blindly support the horrible things our government is doing in the name of “making America great again”.
Tomorrow is the last day of Jewish American Heritage Month. Given the rise in antisemitism both here in the US and abroad, I’d like to offer a short poem:
How odd of God
To choose the Jews…
But not as odd
As those who choose
A Jewish God,
But hate the Jews!
How odd of God
To choose the Jews…
But not as odd
As those who choose
A Jewish God,
But hate the Jews!
May 30, 2025 at 9:53 PM
Tomorrow is the last day of Jewish American Heritage Month. Given the rise in antisemitism both here in the US and abroad, I’d like to offer a short poem:
How odd of God
To choose the Jews…
But not as odd
As those who choose
A Jewish God,
But hate the Jews!
How odd of God
To choose the Jews…
But not as odd
As those who choose
A Jewish God,
But hate the Jews!
Some awfully powerful words here from “The Kingdom, the Power, and the Glory”, by Tim Alberta.
February 11, 2025 at 11:36 AM
Some awfully powerful words here from “The Kingdom, the Power, and the Glory”, by Tim Alberta.
Dear evangelical Trump supporters: 👇🏻
February 10, 2025 at 10:50 PM
Dear evangelical Trump supporters: 👇🏻
These opening lines from “Devil’s Doctors”, by Christian Bernadac, were written nearly 60 years ago, but they are frighteningly applicable to contemporary America.
February 3, 2025 at 10:48 AM
These opening lines from “Devil’s Doctors”, by Christian Bernadac, were written nearly 60 years ago, but they are frighteningly applicable to contemporary America.
Reading “The Demon of Unrest”, by Erik Larson. Found this quote from Capt. Abner Doubleday, a defender of Fort Sumter when the first shots of the Civil War were fired. Plus ça change…
February 2, 2025 at 11:56 AM
Reading “The Demon of Unrest”, by Erik Larson. Found this quote from Capt. Abner Doubleday, a defender of Fort Sumter when the first shots of the Civil War were fired. Plus ça change…
Someone has a full tummy and is now ready for night-night. 😴
January 31, 2025 at 12:38 AM
Someone has a full tummy and is now ready for night-night. 😴
Yes, we do, and yes, we will!
January 28, 2025 at 11:50 AM
Yes, we do, and yes, we will!
Today is International Holocaust Remembrance Day. #NeverAgain
January 27, 2025 at 6:01 PM
Today is International Holocaust Remembrance Day. #NeverAgain
The one true God looked down and smiled
And counted each His loving child,
For Muslim and Hindu, Christian and Jew
Had reached Him through the gods they knew.
And counted each His loving child,
For Muslim and Hindu, Christian and Jew
Had reached Him through the gods they knew.
January 26, 2025 at 1:59 PM
The one true God looked down and smiled
And counted each His loving child,
For Muslim and Hindu, Christian and Jew
Had reached Him through the gods they knew.
And counted each His loving child,
For Muslim and Hindu, Christian and Jew
Had reached Him through the gods they knew.
To the synagogue there came
A rabbi to praise great Yahweh’s name.
A rabbi to praise great Yahweh’s name.
January 26, 2025 at 1:57 PM
To the synagogue there came
A rabbi to praise great Yahweh’s name.
A rabbi to praise great Yahweh’s name.
Amid a monastery’s weeds
An old Franciscan told his beads.
An old Franciscan told his beads.
January 26, 2025 at 1:56 PM
Amid a monastery’s weeds
An old Franciscan told his beads.
An old Franciscan told his beads.
On Pushkara’s lofty height
A dark priest chanted Brahma’s might.
A dark priest chanted Brahma’s might.
January 26, 2025 at 1:55 PM
On Pushkara’s lofty height
A dark priest chanted Brahma’s might.
A dark priest chanted Brahma’s might.
At the muezzin’s call to prayer
The kneeling faithful thronged the square.
The kneeling faithful thronged the square.
January 26, 2025 at 1:54 PM
At the muezzin’s call to prayer
The kneeling faithful thronged the square.
The kneeling faithful thronged the square.